A UCLA center that gives families and professionals resources to help treat children’s anxiety has been conducting research and hiring more staff since it was established earlier this year. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Center for Child Anxiety Resilience Education and Support, which gives people information about how they can treat anxiety, will launch new programs to better treat the condition. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
School-affiliated personnel from 11 middle and high schools in Los Angeles County can use newly furnished fitness centers funded by UCLA Health this year. The UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind, which promotes childhood health, aims to reduce obesity rates in the Los Angeles Unified School District by funding fitness centers. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind helps schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District build fitness centers and improve their physical education programs through grants up to $50,000. (Courtesy of UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind)
Students in a small Ugandan village jumped from their seats to greet Harveen Sekhon every time she entered the classroom. Sekhon, a third-year human biology and society student, taught menstrual hygiene and sanitation practices this summer at Johnson Nkosi Memorial Primary School, where some members of the community are single mothers, orphans and children living with HIV and AIDS. Read more...
Photo: GlobeMed at UCLA helped fund the building of water sources like boreholes in the Nama sub-county in Uganda, providing villagers with clean water access. (Courtesy of GlobeMed at UCLA)
The Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library at UCLA will reduce its hours until April due to construction. The Biomedical Library began construction Aug. 29 to make the building more resistant to earthquakes. Read more...
Photo: The Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library is currently undergoing construction and will reduce its hours until April. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
In 2006, a NASA-owned rocket landed on Earth after a seven-year journey beyond the orbit of Mars. The rocket flew through the tail of a comet, collecting thousands of dust particles for NASA’s Stardust mission. Read more...
Photo: The SIMS lab uses the IMS-1270 ion microprobe to analyze rock samples and study the history of the solar system. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
New vaccination policies will require some UCLA and UCLA Lab School students to get additional shots to continue their education. The new Senate Bill No. 277, or SB 277, enforces a mandatory vaccination requirement for most public and private K-12 facilities in the state, including preschools and day care centers. Read more...
Photo: The new Senate Bill No. 277 enforces a mandatory vaccination requirement for most public and private K-12 facilities in the state, including preschools and day care centers such as the UCLA Lab School. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
